MAR  88  me 


SPECIAL   REPORT 


OF 


MR.  JOHN  F.  WALLACE 


TO  THE 


Committee  on  Railway  Terminals 


OF  THE 


CITY  COUNCIL  OF  CHICAGO 


BARNAED    &    MILLER    PRINT,    CHICAGO. 


SPECIAL    REPORT 

OF 

MR.  JOHN  F.  WALLACE 

TO  THE 

Committee  on  Railway  Terminals 

OF  THE 

CITY  COUNCIL  OF  CHICAGO 


ON  CONDITIONS  RELATIVE  TO  THE  PROPOSED  UNION  STATION 

COMPANY  ORDINANCE  PROPOSED  BY  MR.  BION  J.  ARNOLD 

AND   ALSO   ON   THE   RECOMMENDATIONS   MADE  BY 

THE    OFFICERS    OF   THE    CHICAGO   PLAN  j 

COMMISSION 


Chicago,  December  1st,  1913 


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GENERAL    CONSIDERATION. 

In  consideration  of  the  Union  Station  ordinance,  the  funda- 
mental question  to  be  determined  is  the  location  of  the  new  sta- 
tion. It  would  seem  fair  and  just  to  consider  this  question  on  its 
merits  alone,  as  comparing  it  with  the  several  proposed  locations : 

A.  "What  is  known  as  the  Adams  Street  location ; 

B.  What  is  known  as  the  Harrison  Street  location; 

C.  What  is  known  as  the  12th  Street  location. 

The  Adams  street  location  is  either  preferable  to  the  other 
two  locations,  or  it  is  not. 

Considering  the  present  situation,  there  would  seem  to  be  no 
question  as  to  this,  the  most  important  controlling  element  being 
its  relation  to  the  convenience  of  the  public  using  it  and  the  gen- 
eral interests  of  the  public  as  a  whole.  As  no  proposition  has 
been  advanced  or  considered  looking  to  the  abandonment  of  the 
property  used  for  railroad  purposes  north  of  Harrison  street, 
and  as  this  development  does  not  interfere  in  any  way  with  the 
freedom  of  movement  between  the  South  and  West  Sides,  or  inter- 
fere with  the  Chicago  Plan,  there  would  seem  to  be  no  valid  rea- 
son why  this  site  is  not  preferable. 

While  certain  future  eventualities,  which  are  entirely  conjec- 
tural, might  make  the  Harrison  street  situation  a  desirable  one, 
no  one  is  wise  enough  to  predict  to  a  certainty  whether  this  event 
will  happen,  or  when. 

However,  as  the  natural  presumption  is  that  the  city  will 
grow  and  the  business  district  will  eventually  extend  southward, 
there  is  a  possibility  that  at  some  indefinite  time  in  the  future 
this  location  would  not  be  as  objectionable  or  as  inconvenient  to 
the  use  of  the  public  as  it  would  seem  to  be  at  the  present  time. 
The  uncertainties  do  not  warrant  its  being  selected  now. 

The  same  line  of  reasoning  applies,  but  to  a  much  larger  and 
greater  extent,  to  the  12th  street  location. 

It  would,  therefore,  seem  that  if  progress  is  to  be  made  in  the 
practical  settlement  of  this  question,  that  a  decision  as  to  the 
advisability  of  the  selection  of  the  Adams  street  site  be  settled 

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without  bringing  in  or  considering  any  other  factors  than  those 
affecting  location. 

After  the  selection  of  the  site,  the  next  question  to  be  settled 
is  the  determination  whether  the  concessions  asked  for  by  the 
Union  Station  Company  are  necessary  and  essential  to  the  proper 
construction  and  operation  of  the  Union  Station  for  the  satisfac- 
tory and  convenient  use  of  the  public. 

The  next  question  for  determination  is  the  value  to  the  Union 
Station  Company  of  the  concessions  requested  from  the  city,  and 
the  compensation  which  the  Union  Station  Company  should  render 
to  the  city  in  the  way  of  general  street  improvements  for  the 
concessions  granted. 

This  is  the  matter  for  careful  investigation  as  to  values  of 
streets  and  alleys  vacated,  or  other  concessions  made,  and  the 
character  and  value  of  street  or  other  improvements  or  conces- 
sions which  the  city  can  fairly  require  of  the  Union  Station  Com- 
pany as  compensation ;  in  other  words,  a  matter  of  trade. 

There  seems  to  be  no  reason  why  these  matters  of  trade  should 
enter  into  the  question  of  the  determination  or  approval  of  the 
site  primarily,  as  their  determination  will  require  more  or  less 
negotiation  and  time  therefor,  and  the  City  Council,  in  the  ap- 
proving of  the  site,  does  not  surrender  or  give  away  any  of  the 
elements  which  it  is  necessary  to  consider  in  the  question  of  arriv- 
ing at  a  fair  and  just  settlement  with  the  Union  Station  Company 
on  matters  relating  to  concessions,  or  the  conditions  under  which 
they  are  made,  or  the  compensation  therefor. 

In  the  consideration  of  the  second  phase  of  the  situation,  it 
is  then  proper  to  consider  the  conditions  specified  by  Mr.  Arnold, 
which  conditions  should  be  applied  to  the  granting  of  priviliges 
or  concessions,  and  not  in  the  determination  of  the  location  of  the 
site. 


CONSIDERATION 


OF  THE 


CONDITIONS  SPECIFIED  BY  MR.  BION  J.  ARNOLD 

PERTAINING  TO  THE 

PROPOSED  UNION   STATION   COMPANY   ORDINANCE 

Taking  up  and  considering  the  conditions  ivhicli  Mr. 
Arnold  recommended  be  imposed  upon  the  Union  Station 
Company  before  the  granting  of  the  ordinance: 

Mr.  Arnold's  Condition  One: 

''An  agreement  to  co-operate  with  the  other  railroads 
affected,  and  with  the  City,  in  straightening  the  South  Branch 
of  the  Chicago  River,  in  some  such  manner  as  previously 
discussed.'* 

Comment: 

Of  the  several  plans  that  have  been  advanced  for  the  straight- 
ening of  the  river,  not  any  contemplate  any  changes  in  the  river 
that  would  affect  the  property  proposed  to  be  used  by  the  Union 
Station  Company. 

Several  of  the  constituent  companies  of  the  Union  Station 
Company  have  property  holdings  that  would  be  affected  by  some 
of  the  plans  of  river  straightening  proposed,  but  it  is  possible  that 
a  location  for  the  straightened  river  might  be  selected  that  would 
not  be  objectionable  to  these  companies. 

On  the  other  hand,  at  least  two  of  the  constituent  companies 
of  the  Union  Station  Company  have  no  property  that  would  be 
affected  by  any  of  the  proposed  changes  in  the  river. 

It  would  therefore  seem  not  advisable  to  make  the  consent  to 


the  straightening  of  the  river  a  condition  connected  with  the  Union 
Station  ordinance,  as  it  would  require  some  of  the  constituent 
railroads  of  the  Union  Station  Company  to  assume  obligations 
that  would  not  be  required  of  others. 

As  the  straightening  of  the  river  on  some  line  is  desirable, 
and  worthy  of  careful  consideration,  it  should  be  referred  for  re- 
port and  advice  to  the  commission  of  expert  engineers,  the  forma- 
tion of  which  has  been  suggested  in  reference  to  the  general  con- 
sideration of  the  Chicago  terminal  railroad  matters. 


Condition  Two. 

**The  placing,  within  a  definite  time,  of  all  tracks  of  the 
steam  railroad  companies  in  covered  subways  beneath  the  street 
level,  within  the  district  bounded  by  12th  Street,  Halsted  Street, 
Lake  Street,  and  the  Lake  Front  (except  the  elevated  tracks  of 
the  new  C.&N..W.  station  and  such  tracks  as  are  now  or  may 
hereafter  be  located  within  the  present  depressed  area  be- 
tween Canal  Street  and  the  Chicago  Eiver;  also  the  tracks 
of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  along  the  Lake  Front)." 

Comment: 

It  is  understood  that  this  condition  does  not  apply  or  is  in 
any  way  connected  with  the  Union  Station  ordinance,  per  se. 


Condition  Three. 

''An  agreement  to  co-operate  with  other  railroads  and 
the  City  in  working  out  a  plan  which  will  open  from  time  to 
time  some,  and  ultimately  all,  or  practically  all,  of  the  north 
and  south  streets  between  State  Street  and  Canal  Street; 
and  all,  or  practically  all,  of  the  through  east  and  west  streets 
between  Randolph  Street  and  Harrison  Street ;  and  also  Polk, 
Taylor,  14th  and  16th  Streets,  which  are  now  blocked  by  rail- 
road property." 

Comment: 

As  the  only  through  east  and  west  streets  which  are  not  now 
opened  across  the  Union  Station  Company's  property  on  the  west 
side  of  the  river  are  Monroe  Street,  and  Congress  Street  when  ex- 
tended, which  Mr.  Arnold  and  myself  agree  should  be  opened,  it 
would  seem  that  as  far  as  new  east  and  west  streets  are  concerned, 
this  matter  could  be  left  as  a  matter  of  negotiation  between  the 
City  and  the  Union  Station  Company,  the  same  as  other  matters 
relating  to  the  vacation  of  streets  and  the  granting  of  privileges 
to  the  Union  Station  Company  by  the  City,  and  the  proper  com- 
pensation therefor. 

The  questions  of  the  opening  of  east  and  west  through  streets 
between  12th  and  16th  Streets,  and  the  opening  up  of  north  and 
south  streets  east  of  the  river,  it  would  seem,  are  involved,  and 
should  be  settled  in  connection  with  matters  connected  with  the 
straightening  of  the  river,  and  are  matters  which  could  be  con- 
sidered and  reported  upon  by  the  board  of  expert  engineers  re- 
ferred to  above.  Or  in  connection  with  the  Pennsylvania  Freight 
Ordinance. 


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Condition   Four. 

**The  concentration  of  long  distance  passenger  traffic 
into  the  fewest  number  of  terminals  practicable,  and  at  such 
locations  as  will  offer  the  least  obstruction  to  the  extension  of 
the  business  district,  consistent  with  reasonable  accessibility 
therefrom.  * ' 


Gomment: 

Mr.  Arnold  and  myself  agree  on  this  proposition. 

Condition  Five. 

**An  agreement  to  co-operate  with  the  other  steam  rail- 
way companies  and  the  City  in  the  development  to  its  fullest 
extent,  along  the  most  efficient  modern  lines,  of  the  property 
now  owned  by  various  railroad  companies  within  or  contigu- 
ous to  the  business  district  of  the  City,  with  the  ultimate  ob- 
ject of  the  complete  development  of  such  property,  so  that 
the  property  now  occupied  by  the  companies  in  the  business 
district  between  State  Street  and  the  river  can  be  vacated  and 
devoted  exclusively  to  business  purposes;  or  the  surface  re- 
leased from  railway  purposes  by  placing  the  tracks  under- 
ground and  developing  the  property  above  the  surface  for 
business  purposes." 

Comment: 

This  proposition  while  desirable  is  so  broad  and  comprehen- 
sive, and  contains  so  many  complications,  and  any  agreement  upon 
the  part  of  all  the  railroad  companies  to  co-operate  in  making  it 
effective  would  require  the  investigation  into  so  many  facts  and 
the  determination  of  so  many  matters,  that  it  does  not  seem  that  it 
would  be  equitable  to  require  the  railroad  companies  to  agree  to  it 
in  connection  with  the  present  ordinance.  Moreover,  a  simple 
agreement  to  co-operate  would  be  so  general  and  indefinite  that  it 


would  seem  much  better  to  leave  this  condition  to  the  future  con- 
sideration and  report  of  the  expert  commission  previously  re- 
f ered  to 


Condition  Six. 

''Where  streets  or  alleys  are  closed,  temporarily  or  for 
long  periods,  an  equivalent  area  of  value  commensurate  with 
the  period  of  occupancy  shall  be  given  in  return  by  the  rail- 
road in  widening  other  streets." 

Comment: 

This  requirement  is  self -evidently  a  proper  one.  However, 
it  should  be  considered  not  in  connection  with  the  determination  of 
the  site  itself,  but  as  one  of  the  elements  of  the  trade  between  the 
City  and  the  railroad  companies  in  compensation  for  the  street 
vacations  and  general  concessions  upon  the  part  of  the  City  and 
the  railroads  after  the  site  has  been  determined. 


Condition  Seven. 

''The  City  to  reserve  control  over  all  sub-sidewalk  and 
sub-pavement  space,  not  specifically  vacated  in  the  ordinance, 
that  may  be  required  for  suburban  transportation  systems 
or  other  public  utilities." 

Comment: 

This  condition  is  desirable,  and  should  be  taken  up  in  con- 
nection with  the  second  step  to  be  taken  in  the  consideration  of 
the  ordinance,  relating  to  the  concessions  granted  by  the  City  to 
the  railroad  companies. 


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Condition  Eight. 

"An  agreement  to  co-operate  with  the  City  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  elevated  thoroughfares  across  the  railway  prop- 
erty lying  between  the  South  Branch  of  the  river  and  Canal 
Street,  and  westward  as  may  later  be  deemed  necessary.  This 
system  to  be  co-ordinated  with  the  bridge  levels  established 
by  the  City,  and  with  the  necessary  changes  in  north  and 
south  thoroughfares  to  equalize  the  grades,  so  as  to  facilitate 
,  vehicle  traffic.  The  ordinance  to  provide  means  for  ascertain- 
ing and  finally  to  stipulate  the  division  of  cost  of  such  changes 
proportional  to  the  relative  benefits  derived  by  the  City  and 
the  companies  respectively." 

Comment: 

This  condition  is  a  reasonable  one  in  the  consideration  of 
questions  relating  to  the  grants  and  compensation  therefor,  which 
should  be  provided  for  in  the  ordinance. 

Condition  Nine. 

"Provision  for  a  marginal  way  or  river  road  contiguous 
to  the  river,  extending  along  the  railroad  property  west  of 
the  river  between  Lake  Street  and  16th  Street,  and  the  devel- 
opment of  suitable  docking  facilities,  municipal  or  otherwise, 
along  the  entire  way,  and  underneath  the  bridge  approaches 
where  practicable." 

Comment: 

If  marginal  way  can  be  constructed  and  this  facility  provided 
without  interfering  with  new  station,  there  is  no  objection. 


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Condition  Ten. 

**  Provision  in  all  passenger  stations  hereafter  constructed, 
for  through,  connected,  or  interchange  tracks,  so  as  to  permit 
interchangeability  of  suburban  service  between  the  roads  op- 
erating in  different  parts  of  the  city." 

Comment: 

There  seems  to  be  nothing  in  the  plans  of  the  proposed  lay- 
out of  the  Pennsylvania  Company  which  would  prevent  the  con- 
sideration of  this  question  at  the  proper  time,  which  is  not  objec- 
tionable but  desirable. 

Condition   !Eleven. 

*'An  agreement  to  co-operate  with  other  roads  to  inter- 
change the  use  of  coach  yard  facilities  with  each  other,  if  nec- 
essary to  carry  out  the  through  routing  or  interchange  prin- 
ciple for  suburban  service." 

Comment: 

This  is  a  matter  which  can  be  referred  to  and  considered  by 
the  suggested  board  of  engineers. 

Condition  Twelve. 

"Commitment  to  the  effect  that  the  company  will  co- 
operate with  the  other  roads  in  the  working  out  of  a  general 
plan  whereby  the  roads  may  be  systematically  grouped  and 
brought  into  two  or  more  terminal  stations  with  the  least 
amount  of  track  occupancy.'* 

Comment: 

While  this  is  a  desirable  end  to  be  sought  for,  it  does  not  seem 
necessary  to  attach  it  as  a  condition  precedent  to  the  granting 
of  the  ordinances  now  pending. 


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Condition   Thirteen. 


''An  agreement  to  co-operate  with  other  railroads  and 
the  City  in  establishing  universal  facilities  at  Clearing,  or 
some  other  point,  by  means  of  which  package  freight  (less 
than  car-load  lots)  now  interchanged  in  the  down- town  dis- 
trict, will  be  interchanged  at  such  clearing  point,  and  thus 
prevent  hauling  freight  into  the  business  center  and  back 
again  as  is  done  at  present, — the  effect  of  which  would  be  to 
release  present  down-town  freight  facilities  for  the  legitimate 
use  of  freight  destined  to  and  from  the  business  district. ' ' 


Comment; 

This  is  highly  desirable,  but  the  controlling  motive  that  will 
bring  it  about  upon  the  part  of  the  various  roads  will  be  the 
economy  of  time  or  expense  in  the  handling  of  the  freight  in  ques- 
tion. 


Condition  Fourteen. 

''The  removal  of  obstructions  due  to  railroad  occupancy 
which  decreases  the  width  of  the  river  channel  as  now  estab- 
lished, so  as  to  permit  the  construction  of  bridges  without 
encroaching  upon  this  river  channel." 

Comment: 

As  it  is  not  shown  that  this  applies  to  any  of  the  property 
proposed  to  be  absorbed  by  the  new  Union  Station  Company,  and 
as  it  seems  to  be  a  matter  under  the  control  and  powers  of  the 
Sanitary  District,  there  would  seem  to  be  no  reason  why  it  should 
be  considered  at  this  time,  as  the  jurisdiction  over  the  river  is 
either  under  the  absolute  control  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, for  the  purposes  of  navigation,  or  the  Sanitary  District,  in 
the  performance  of  its  functions. 


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Condition  Fifteen. 

''The  granting  of  an  ordinance  to  the  Pennsylvania  Com- 
pany, for  a  passenger  terminal,  need  not  be  conditioned  upon 
the  granting  of  an  ordinance  to  the  same  company  for  the  use 
of  the  proposed  freight  terminal,  for  it  is  not  evident  that  the 
company  will  need  this  additional  territory  for  freight  pur- 
poses for  many  years  to  come,  if  the  roads  owning  the  prop^ 
erty  between  Canal  Street  and  the  river  would  co-operate  in 
developing  it  to  its  fullest  extent." 

Comment: 

This  condition  assumes  a  statement  of  fact  upon  which  Mr. 
Arnold  and  myself  do  not  agree.  However,  the  advisability  of 
treating  the  ordinance  providing  for  the  Pennsylvania  freight  fa- 
cilities on  the  West  Side  separately  from  the  Union  Station  ordi- 
nance is  a  matter  of  policy  entirely  within  the  purview  of  your 
Conunittee. 

It  is  understood  that  the  reason  of  the  Pennsylvania  apply- 
ing for  the  concessions  to  enable  it  to  provide  new  freight  terminal 
facilities  on  the  West  Side  was  to  relieve  the  situation  in  order 
that  the  present  Union  Station  site  might  be  extended  by  the  addi- 
tion of  some  eighteen  acres  and  new  provisions  made  for  the  Chi- 
cago &  Alton  terminal  at  a  point  further  south  on  land  now  occu- 
pied by  the  Pennsylvania  Company.  It  would  seem  as  if  the  Penn- 
sylvania Company  would  not  have  gone  to  the  expense  of  several 
millions  of  dollars  in  the  acquisition  of  this  property  and  in  its 
development  if  any  practical  plan  could  have  been  worked  out  by 
it,  in  the  development  of  the  property  it  now  owns  between  Canal 
Street  and  the  river. 


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Condition  Sixteen. 

"By  means  of  double  decking  Canal  Street  it  makes  the 
property  west  of  and  contiguous  to  Canal  Street  available  for 
terminal  purposes,  and  there  is  no  reason  why,  if  after  analy- 
sis, additional  property  is  ultimately  needed  for  freight  pur- 
poses, it  should  not  be  allowed  west  of  and  contiguous  to  Canal 
Street;  provided  tracks  are  kept  underground  and  the  prop- 
erty developed  overhead  for  business  or  manufacturing  pur- 
poses." 

Comment: 

While  Mr.  Arnold  enumerates  this  in  his  recommendations,  he 

does  not  class  it  as  a  condition,  but  simply  as  a  suggestion. 

The  matter,  however,  should  be  taken  up  and  considered  in 
connection  with  the  second  step  in  the  consideration  of  the  Union 
Station  ordinance,  in  the  matter  of  adjustments  of  concessions 
granted  and  things  to  be  done  in  compensation  therefor  by  the 
Union  Station  Company. 

In  regard  to  the  question 

of 

Providing  in  the  Proposed  Ordinance 

for  the 

BBMOVAL  AT  SOME  FUTUEB  TIME 

of  the 

PBOPOSBD  UNION  STATION 

to  Harrison  Street 
or  to  some  location  further  south. 

The  principal  condition  mentioned  by  Mr.  Arnold  as  a  requis- 
ite to  secure  his  approval  of  an  ordinance  providing  for  a  station 
at  the  Adams  Street  site  is  that  the  Union  Station  Company 
should  agree  at  this  time  and  in  connection  with  the  present  ordi- 
nance, to  remove  its  station  facilities  or  provide  a  new  station 


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either  at  Harrison  or  at  12th  Streets  or  at  some  other  location 
when  recommended  by  the  suggested  board  of  expert  engineers, 
and  when  required  by  the  City  Council  of  Chicago. 

It  is  apparent  that  it  would  be  difficult  for  the  Union  Station 
Company  to  finance  its  present  proposed  improvements  under  a 
condition  of  this  character. 

It  would  appear  reasonable  that  if  this  condition  is  insisted 
upon  by  the  City  Council  Committee,  that,  first,  some  definite 
period  should  be  fixed  before  it  would  be  applicable ;  and,  second, 
that  the  railroad  companies  should  not  be  arbitrarily  placed  in  a 
position  which  would  render  them  liable  to  be  required  to  move 
their  terminals  to  a  location  less  advantageously  situated  less  con- 
venient to  the  public,  or  less  favorable  from  a  railroad  point  of 
view,  as -compared  with  its  principal  competitors.  The  difficulty 
as  to  the  fixing  of  a  definite  period  is  that  a  short  period  would 
at  least  increase  the  difficulties  in  the  way  of,  if  not  actually  pro- 
hibit the  financing  of  the  project. 

The  agreement  on  a  time  period  long  enough  to  meet  the  fore- 
going objections  would  be  so  long  as  to  be  inefifectual  in  accom- 
plishing the  purpose  intended. 

In  regard  to  the  location  at  some  future  time  of  the  proposed 
new  Union  Station,  at  a  position  at  least  as  comparatively  prefer- 
ential as  that  which  the  present  Union  Station  occupies: — this 
would  be  a  very  difficult  matter  to  determine ;  and  in  order  to  make 
this  definite  it  would  be  either  necessary  to  arrange  for  a  mutual 
agreement  between  the  railroad  company  and  City  at  the  time  when 
the  change  was  required,  or  the  reference  of  this  matter  to  some 
form  of  arbitration,  for  which  purpose  the  proposed  board  of  ex- 
pert engineers  might  be  selected. 

In  this  connection,  his  condition  of  providing  for  a  specific 
way  to  bring  about  the  settlement  of  a  question  so  uncertain  as  to 
time,  so  indefinite  as  to  its  scope,  and  so  long  in  advance  of  the 
time  when  the  issues  would  probably  be  raised,  seems  to  me  to  be 
unadvisable  in  connection  with  the  present  ordinance. 

In  this  connection  it  should  be  remembered  that  the  probable 
desirability  of  moving  the  station  to  a  point  further  south  would 
be  dependent  upon  the  growth  of  the  business  district  of  Chicago, 


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the  moving  south  of  its  ''center  of  gravity"  and  the  desirability  of 
better  serving  the  public  patronizing  the  railroads  using  the  pro- 
posed new  Union  Station.  It  would  therefore  seem  that  the  rail- 
road companies  themselves  would  be  the  first  to  propose  such  a 
change ;  as  no  interest  is  more  vitally  concerned  in  the  establish- 
ment of  a  station  convenient  of  access  to  the  public  than  the  rail- 
roads whose  revenues  depend  upon  the  business  secured  thereby. 

It  would  seem  at  least  fair,  in  this  connection,  to  request  the 
railroad  companies  to  express  their  views  in  regard  to  it  and  also 
suggest  the  time  limit  which  would  be  desired  by  them ;  and  also 
to  permit  them  to  have  a  voice  in  suggesting  the  manner  of  the 
settlement  of  the  question,  if  it  should  ever  become  a  question  at 
issue. 

Furthermore,  in  the  consideration  of  this  question,  it  would 
seem  that  the  only  motive  of  introducing  it  at  this  time  was  for  the 
reasons  stated  by  the  executive  officers  of  the  Chicago  Plan  Com- 
mission, viz. :  in  order  to  influence  the  Lake  Shore  Company  to 
move  to  a  point  further  south ;  as  it  would  be  difficult  to  secure  the 
consent  of  the  Lake  Shore  Company  to  such  removal  without  re- 
quiring the  Pennsylvania  to  move  likewise,  and  thus  maintain  the 
relatively  preferential  positions  of  the  two  rival  corporations. 

It  has  not  been  shown,  nor  claimed  in  any  of  the  statements 
made  before  the  Council  Committee  that  the  development  of  the 
Adorns  Street  site  would  be  in  any  way  obstructive  to  the  develop- 
ment of  a  westward  movement  of  the  city,  and  as  stated  above,  the 
only  motive  for  requiring  the  Union  Station  Company  to  move 
southward  (except  it  should  find  it  desirable  to  do  so,  from  the 
standpoint  of  its  desire  to  occupy  such  a  position  as  would  be  most 
convenient  and  accessible  to  its  patrons,)  is  on  account  of  the  af- 
fect it  would  have  on  its  rival  corporation,  the  Lake  Shore  Eail- 
road. 

It  is  therefore  apparent  that  both  of  these  corporations  con- 
sider their  present  locations  desirable,  and  that  either  one  would 
expect  to  lose  revenues  in  case  one  and  not  the  other  should  move 
their  station  to  any  point  further  southward. 

If  it  is  true  that  either  of  these  companies  would  lose  business 
by  moving  southward,  it  logically  follows  that  it  is  due  to  the  fact 


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that  the  station  which  is  moved  further  southward  would  be  less 
convenient  and  less  accessible  to  the  public  than  where  their  sta- 
tions are  located  at  the  present  time,  and  to  whatever  degree  new 
station  sites  are  less  preferential,  to  that  extent  the  public  using 
the  new  stations  would  be  discommoded. 

It  would  also  logically  follow  that  the  one  fact  that  would 
justify  such  compulsory  removal  would  be  the  advantages  to  other 
classes  of  the  public  than  those  who  use  these  stations. 

Mr.  Arnold's  suggestion  of  the  through  routing  and  connect- 
ing up  of  the  suburban  service  of  roads  on  the  different  sides  of 
the  city,  and  his  special  recommendation  in  connection  with  the 
suburban  service  that  now  enters  the  La  Salle  Street  station, — 
that  it  be  carried  through  the  station  to  the  North  and  Northwest ; 
and  the  further  suggestion  that  a  through  passenger  station  be 
provided  for,  below  the  level  of  the  streets,  over  which  either  rail- 
road or  commercial  structures  could  be  erected, — would  seem  to 
remove  any  possible  necessity  of  a  change  in  the  La  Salle  Street 
Station  for  some  years  to  come;  and  that  until  such  time,  there 
would  be  no  reason  why  the  Pennsylvania  Station  should  be  forced 
to  move  to  a  less  preferential  location  than  that  which  it  is  pro- 
posed to  occupy  by  the  new  Union  Station,  between  Jackson  and 
Adams  Streets. 

With  the  suburban  business  run  through  underground  and 
eliminated  from  the  present  La  Salle  Street  Station,  there  is  no 
reason  why  the  capacity  of  this  station  would  not  take  care  of  the 
through  businesfi  probably  as  long  as  the  facilities  it  is  proposed 
to  establish  at  the  new  Union  Station  to  take  care  of  the  require- 
ments at  that  point. 

Eliminating  the  suburban  train  service,  the  number  of  through 
trains  entering  and  leaving  the  La  Salle  Street  station  is  less  than 
one-half  of  the  through  trains  entering  and  leaving  the  Union  Sta- 
tion. 

The  same  statement  applies  to  the  number  of  passengers  han- 
dled at  each  of  these  stations. 


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In  regard  to  the  Beconiniendation 

of  a 

Section  in  the  Proposed  Ordinance 

Providing  for  the  organization 

of  a 

Standing  Commission  of  Engineers. 

In  the  matters  referred  to  the  engineers  for  consideration  by 
the  Terminal  Committee,  was  first,  the  drafting  of  a  section  for  in- 
sertion in  the  Union  Station  ordinance  for  the  organization  of  a 
standing  expert  commission  of  engineers,  to  consider  continuuous- 
ly  all  the  problems  that  have  or  may  arise  in  regard  to  steam  rail- 
way terminal  facilities  inside  of  the  city  limits  of  Chicago. 

This  matter  was  originally  referred  to  Mr.  Beckwith,  of  the 
Corporation  Counsel's  office;  and  the  two  engineers,  Messrs. 
Arnold  and  Wallace,  were  asked  to  assist  him  to  report  a  section  to 
be  embodied  in  the  Union  Station  ordinance  now  under  considera- 
tion. 

As  the  scope  of  this  commission  covers  such  a  broad  field  for 
consideration  and  investigation,  and  touches  on  so  few  matters 
essential  to  the  consideration  of  the  matters  in  the  present  ordi- 
nance now  before  the  Council  Committee,  and  as  the  provision  for 
this  commission  should  require  the  most  careful  consideration 
in  order  that  its  powers  and  duties  might  be  so  carefully  defined 
as  to  be  made  most  acceptable  to  the  various  parties  affected  by 
it,  and  also  the  complexed  relationships  which  it  might  have  to 
both  the  City  Council  and  the  new  public  Service  Commission  of 
the  State  of  Illinois;  it  would  seem  advisable  that  this  matter 
should  be  provided  for  in  a  distinct  and  separate  ordinance  than 
the  one  now  pending. 

It  is  suggested  that  if  this  meets  with  the  views  of  the  Chair- 
man and  the  other  members  of  the  Committee,  that  its  chairman  be 
requested  to  draw  up  a  report  to  the  Council  Committee  recom- 
mending that  a  separate  ordinance  be  drafted  and  considered,  pro- 
viding for  the  formation  of  this  expert  commission. 


1» 


CON  SI  DERATION 

OF  THE 

Recommendations  Submitted  by  the 

Officers  of  the  Chicago  Plan 

Commission 

GENERAL  STATEMENT. 

The  consideration  of  the  recommendations  submitted  to  the 
Committee  on  November  28th  by  the  officers  of  the  Chicago  Plan 
Commission,  and  which  are  recapitulated  into  eighteen  ''improve- 
ments and  restrictions  which  are  strongly  urged  (by  them)  as  nec- 
essary beforfi  any  ordinance  rights  are  granted  west  of  the  Chi- 
cago River,  north  of  16th  Street,  and  south  of  Kinzie  Street,"  are 
submitted  herewith. 

A  majority  of  the  requirements  included  in  these  recommenda- 
tions were  either  recommended  in  my  report,  included  in  the  plans 
presented  by  the  Union  Station  Company,  or  cover  questions  of 
detail  which  would  come  under  the  jurisdiction  of  established  de- 
partments of  the  city. 

Several  of  the  requirements  cover  questions  subject  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  city  which  would  not  be  affected  by  the  Union 
Station  ordinance,  and  several  others,  while  included  in  the  ' '  Chi- 
cago Plan,"  refer  to  districts  of  the  city  not  included  or  affected 
by  the  proposed  Union  Station  ordinance. 

Taking  up  these  reconmaended  improvements  and  restrictions 
separately  : 

1.     *<The  straightening  of  the  River." 

The  Plan  of  Chicago,  as  originally  promulgated,  contemplated 
the  straightening  of  the  river  between  12th  Street  and  16th  Street, 


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and  so  far  as  I  know  there  has  been  no  change  recommended  in 
this  Plan,  so  far  as  the  river  is  concerned,  by  the  present  Plan 
Commission. 

The  straightening  of  the  river  between  12th  Street  and  16th 
Street  wonld  not  affect  any  property  of  the  Union  Station  Com- 
pany nor  of  any  of  the  affiliated  railroads  of  the  Union  Station 
Company  except  the  Burlington ;  and  I  do  not  see,  so  far  as  the 
consideration  of  the  Chicago  Plan  is  concerned,  why  the  consent 
to  the  straightening  of  this  river,  as  provided  in  the  Chicago  Plan, 
should  be  required  in  the  proposed  ordinance  for  the  Union  Station 
Company. 

2.      **The  construction  of  a  connection  beti^een  Canal  St. 
and  Orleans  St." 

In  my  report  I  recoimnended  that  ''Canal  Street  should  be 
extended  in  a  northeasterly  direction  from  near  its  intersection 
with  Lake  Street  to  a  connection  with  the  North  Side,  providing 
a  direct  additional  connection  between  the  North  and  West  Side 
sections  of  the  City." 

I  consider  this  very  desirable,  and  the  details  as  to  the  definite 
location  and  elevation  of  this  proposed  connection  should  be  made 
the  subject  of  further  study,  and  provision  for  it  should  be  made 
in  the  ordinance  for  the  Union  Station  Company,  so  far  as  the 
opening  of  this  street  would  affect  the  Union  Station  Company  or 
the  railroads  entering  the  proposed  Union  Station  from  the  North. 

3.     ''The  xcridening  of    Canal    St.    from    Randolph  St.  to 
Archer  Ave.,  to  108  feet." 

In  my  report  I  recommended  that  ''Canal  St.  should  be  wid- 
ened to  one  hundred  feet,  from  12th  St.  to  Harrison  St.,  and  if  pos- 
sible further  north,  by  extending  this  street  eastwardly  twenty  feet 
over  railroad  property,  and  supporting  it  over  the  tracks  below." 

The  question  as  to  whether  Randolph  St.  is  the  proper  point 
at  which  to  end  the  proposed  widening  of  this  street  is  a  detail 
which  should  be  considered  ia  the  final  adjustments  under  this 
ordinance. 


It  is  to  be  questioned  whether  the  prospective  traffic  on  Canal 
St.  demands  its  widening  from  12th  St.  southward  to  Archer  Ave., 
and  whether  or  not  the  widening  of  this  portion  of  the  street  should 
be  taken  into  consideration  in  the  ordinance  for  the  Union  Station 
Company,  as  it  is  beyond  the  territory  covered  by  the  proposed 
ordinance ;  and  further,  if  the  widening  of  this  street  south  of  12th 
St.  is  a  necessity,  it  should  have  been  at  least  partially  provided 
for  in  the  improvements  nearing  completion,  which  are  being  made 
by  the  Soo  Eailroad. 

4.  '*The  establisliiuent  of  a  uniform  grade  in  Canal  St. 
as  far  as  it  is  practicable;  that  is,  from  Monroe  St. 
sonth  to  14tli  St.'* 

This  is  desirable  if  it  is  found  to  be  practicable,  and  would 
naturally  work  out  if  Canal  St.  were  reconstructed  on  two  levels, 
as  recommended  in  my  report,  as  to  that  portion  south  of  Harri- 
son St.  to  12th  St. 

5.  **The  opening  of  a  through,  east  and  \irest  street  of 
Monroe  St." 

This  should  be  provided  for,  and  is  recommended  in  my  report. 

6.  **The  construction  of  a  river  road  from  Fulton  St.  to 
12th  St." 

The  original  Chicago  Plan,  as  developed  by  Mr.  Bumham, 
provided  for  a  river  road  from  Fulton  St.  to  12th  St. ;  but  in  his 
plan  he  contemplated  the  railroads  using  the  property  between 
Clinton  St.  and  Canal  St.,  from  12th  St.  to  Fulton  St.,  for  railroad 
terminal  purposes. 

This  moving  of  the  property  used  by  the  railroads  more  than 
three  hundred  feet  westward  would  have  provided  a  sufficiently 
larger  area  of  property  available  for  railroad  purposes  so  that 
the  taking  from  this  property  of  a  strip  of  land  for  a  river  road 
adjacent  to  the  river  would  not  have  at  all  inconvenienced  the  rail- 
roads interested. 

The  keeping  of  the  west  line  of  railroad  terminal  property 


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along  the  east  line  of  Canal  St.,  as  is  contemplated  in  the  ordinance 
under  consideration,  is  without  doubt  a  larger  contribution  to  the 
Chicago  Plan  than  would  be  the  opening  of  a  river  road  along  the 
river ;  and  should  be  so  considered. 

If,  however,  as  is  mentioned  in  the  text  of  the  recommendation 
of  the  Chicago  Plan  Commission,  it  could  be  found  feasible  to  make 
this  river  road  an  elevated  structure,  without  taking  from  the  rail- 
roads the  use  of  the  area  under  this  structure  for  railroad  pur- 
poses, the  construction  of  this  river  road,  in  so  far  as  it  would 
aifect  the  poperty  of  the  railroads  affiliated  with  the  Union  Station 
Company,  might  be  found  desirable,  and  is  a  matter  that  should 
be  considered  in  the  settlement  of  the  concessions  and  compensa- 
tions arising  out  of  the  passage  of  the  proposed  Union  Station 
ordinance. 

7.  ^'The  -mridening  of  all  east  and  -west  viaducts  betiveeu 
Madison  St.  and  12th  St." 

As  the  construction  of  the  proposed  Union  Station  will  neces- 
sitate the  rebuilding  of  practically  all  of  the  east  and  west  viaducts 
in  the  territory  named  above,  it  should  be  required  that  in  the  re- 
building of  these  viaducts  they  should  be  widened  to  the  full  width 
of  the  street,  or  wider  if  found  desirable  in  the  detail  planning  of 
these  improvements. 

8.  "Tlie  provision  around  tlie  head  house  on  railroad 
property  of  room  for  vehicles  to  stand  \irhile  loading 
or  unloading  passengers;  and  the  provision  by  the  rail- 
road company  of  safety  islands  in  the  street,  on  -ivhich 
there  is  a  car  line,  which  is  used  by  patrons  of  the 
Union  Station  Company.*' 

In  so  far  as  the  provision  around  the  head  house  on  railroad 
property  of  room  for  vehicles  to  stand  while  loading  or  unloading 
passengers,  is  concerned ;  this  is  already  provided  for  in  the  plans 
presented  by  the  Union  Station  Company. 

The  provision  for  safety  islands  in  the  street  is  one  that  should 
receive  the  consideration  of  the  Committee.     The  Union  Sta- 


tion  Company's  plans  contemplate  the  setting  of  their  building 
sufSciently  inside  street  lines  to  accomplish  this  purpose;  but  it 
might  be  necessary  to  widen  Adams  St.  on  the  north. 

9.  **Tlie  construction  of  a  foot  suburay  under  the  river 
connecting  the  concourse  of  the  proposed  station, 
wherever  located,  ivith  the  east  side  of  the  river.*' 

This  is  very  desirable,  and  should  receive  the  earnest  consid- 
eration of  the  Committee. 


10.     "The  provision  of  a  space  opposite  the  station  for  ve- 
hicle stands." 

The  Union  Station  Company,  in  their  plans,  have  provided  for 
a  vehicle  way  within  the  building  which  provides  for  the  loading 
and  unloading  of  cab  passengers  directly  on  the  concourse  level. 


11.  "The  leaving  open  across  railroad  property  of  a  space 
150  feet  Tvide  on  the  line  of  Congress  Street,  such  space 
to  be  dedicated  to  the  city,  and  when  necessary  via- 
ducts to  be  constructed  at  the  expense  of  the  railroad 
company." 

The  opening  of  Congress  St.  150  feet  wide  is  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal provisions  of  the  ''Chicago  Plan,'*  and  the  ordinance  for  the 
proposed  Union  Station  Company  should  not  permit  the  construc- 
tion of  any  structure  in  connection  with  this  station  that  would 
interfere  with  this  plan,  nor  should  it  abrogate  any  rights  of  the 
city  to  cause  the  opening  of  this  street  across  the  property  of  the 
Union  Station  Company  or  its  constituent  railroad  companies. 

On  account  of  the  length  of  time  that  may  elapse  before  the 
opening  of  Congress  St.  is  realized,  and  the  changed  conditions 
that  may  be  brought  about  during  that  time,  the  dedication  of  this 
strip  at  this  time  would  seem  to  me  to  be  neither  necessary  nor 
desirable,  as  it  is  within  the  power  of  the  city  to  negotiate  this  at 
any  time. 


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12.  "The  keeping  of  the  level  of  the  viaduct  roadivays 
doivn  to  the  level  of  the  river  bridges." 

This  is  a  detail  of  grade  adjustments  for  the  street  department 
to  supervise,  and  is  desirable  if  found  to  be  practicable. 

13.  "The  keeping  of  all  portions  of  the  viaduct  structures 
beloiv  street  level  with  the  exception  of  girders  along 
the  outside  edge  of  the  sideivalk. 

This  is  a  structural  detail  that  should  come  within  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Department  of  Public  Works ;  its  accomplishment  is 
desirable. 

14.  "The  opening  up  and  carrying  through  of  16th  St." 

15.  "The  opening  and  making  of  a  through  east  and  west 
street  of  14:th  St." 

16.  "The  widening  of  the  viaducts  on  18th  St.  and  22nd 
St." 

While  all  of  these  improvements  may  be  desirable,  they  are 
outside  the  area  covered  by  the  proposed  Union  Station  Company 
ordinance,  are  not  affected  by  it  and  therefore  should  not  be  con- 
sidered in  connection  therewith  but  in  connection  with  the  pro- 
posed Pennsylvania  Freight  ordinance. 

17.  "No  clause  shall  be  put  in  any  ordinance  requiring 
the  city  of  Chicago  to  agree  that  it  will  not  permit 
any  construction  landw^ard  of  the  west  line  of  the  pres- 
ent 200  feet  channel  of  the  south  branch  of  the  Chi- 
cago river." 

This  clause  evidently  refers  to  the  clause  in  the  ordinance  sub- 
mitted by  the  Union  Station  Company,  which  reads : 

(<«     *     *    ^]^g  gj^^y  ^£  Chicago  agrees  that  it  will  not 
permit  any  construction  of  any  kind  landward  west  of  the  west 


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dock  line  of  the  present  two  hundred  (200)  feet  channel  of 
the  South  Branch  of  the  Chicago  Eiver  at  the  streets  from 
West  Kandolph  St.  to  West  Van  Buren  St.,  both  inclusive,  ex- 
cepting only  the  portions  of  the  abutments  of  the  river  bridges, 
the  locations  of  which  have  already  been  decided  upon.'^ 

The  embodiment  of  this  clause  in  the  proposed  ordinance  is 
necessary  in  order  to  insure  to  the  railroads  the  occupancy  of  the 
space  under  the  viaducts  on  the  streets  named  and  the  value  of 
which  should  be  considered  by  the  city  in  the  compensations  to  the 
city  provided  in  the  ordinance. 

18.     "The  right  of  the  city  to    open    up    as  it  may  see  fit 
streets  across  railroad  property." 

This  is  a  right  already  vested  in  the  city  which  need  not  in  any 
way  be  abrogated  or  curtailed  in  the  passage  of  an  ordinance  for 
the  proposed  Union  Station. 


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Matters  on  Wliich  Mr.  Arnold  and  Mr.  Wallace  Agpree  as 
Desirable  to  Accomplisli. 


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'1.  The  desirability  of  two  general  station  sites,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  present  Northwestern  Station;  one  on  the  Lake 
Front  east  of  Michigan  Ave.,  and  south  of  12th  St.,  and  the 
other  on  the  West  Side,  between  Canal  St.  and  the  river." 

"2.  The  desirability  of  eventually  straightening  the  river 
along  some  line  far  enough  west  to  permit  of  opening  all  the 
South  Side  streets  as  far  west  as  Franklin,  street. 

"3.  Provision  for  the  eventual  opening  of  Congress 
street. 

''4.  The  opening  of  Monroe  Street,  to  admit  of  the  con- 
struction of  a  new  bridge  across  the  river. 

''5.  The  elevation  of  Canal  Street,  as  far  as  possible, 
commencing  at  12th  Street. 

"6.  The  eventual  extension  of  Canal  Street  to  a  connec- 
tion with  the  North  Side,  crossing  the  river. 

*'7.  The  desirability  of  gradually  removing  the  encroach- 
ments of  railroad  property,  between  Michigan  Ave.  and  the 
river. '* 

*'8.  Any  railroad  remaining  north  of  12th  St.  to  be  con- 
fined within  building  lines  of  all  principal  streets  extended  or 
to  be  opened." 

*'9.  The  desirability  of  these  tracks  north  of  12th  Street 
to  be  placed  under  ground,  and  the  ultimate  covering  and  plac- 
ing of  these  tracks  so  as  to  permit  the  development  of  the 
space  above  for  warehouse  or  other  commercial  uses." 

'*10.  The  desirability  of  the  ultimate  treatment  of  the 
La  Salle  Street  Station  and  its  facilities  as  per  the  Arnold  re- 
port." 

**11.  The  desirability  of  handling  all  or  as  much  as  pos- 
sible of  non-Chicago  freight,  now  handled  through  the  con- 


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gested  portion  of  the  city,  at  some  point  or  points  near  the 
outskirts  of  the  city,  or  outside  of  the  city  itself." 

*'12.  The  desirability  of  the  establishment  of  a  continu- 
ing technical  board  or  commission,  preferably  of  three  men, 
to  take  np,  consider  and  investigate  and  to  have  jurisdiction 
over  matters  pertaining  to  railway  terminal  question,  but  so 
constituted  that  its  powers  will  not  conflict  with  the  powers 
of  the  State  Board  of  Public  Utilities. 

**13.  In  the  eventual  opening,  extending,  widening  and 
connecting  up  of  all  existing  streets  which  are  recommended  to 
be  opened,  widened,  extended  or  connected,  in  the  recommen- 
dation submitted  to  your  committee  by  the  officers  of  the  Chi- 
cago Plan  Commission,  under  date  of  November  28th,  1913. 

"14.  In  the  principle  of  routeing  through  suburban 
trains,  if  details  of  operation  can  be  practically  worked  out. 

i' c'>  offt  ^15.  That  the  Union  Station  Company  and  railroad  com- 
panies should  pay  or  in  some  manner  compensate  the  City 
for  all  property  vacated,  or  for  other  concessions  granted. 

**16.  We  agree  as  to  the  desirability  of  providing  for  an 
elevated  roadway  along  the  west  bank  of  the  river,  north  of 
12th  Street,  between  such  points  as  may  be  found  practicable, 
without  materially  interfering  with  the  use  of  railroad  prop- 
erty under  the  structure,  provided  the  rights  and  obligations 
of  both  the  city  and  the  railroad  can  be  equitably  adjusted." 
Respectfully  submitted, 

John  F.  Wallace, 
BioN  J.  Arnold, 
Chicago,  Dec.  1,  1913. 

Of  which  the  following  Mr.  Arnold  and  Mr.  Wallace  agree  should 
be  provided  for  in  the  proposed  Union  Station  Company  ordi- 
nance. 

**1.  The  desirability  of  two  general  station  sites,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  present  Northwestern  Station;  one  on  the  Lake 
Front  east  of  Michigan  Ave.,  and  south  of  12th  St.,  and  the 
other  on  the  West  Side,  between  Canal  St.  and  the  river." 


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The  site  proposed  in  the  Union  Station  Company  ordinance 
is  in  accordance  with  this  statement. 

*'2.  The  desirability  of  eventually  straightening  the 
river  along  some  line  far  enough  west  to  permit  of  opening 
all  the  South  Side  streets  as  far  west  as  Franklin  Street." 

Agree  that  an  agreement  to  co-operate  in  this  matter  should 
be  incorporated  in  the  ordinance. 

"3.  Provision  for  the  eventual  opening  of  Congress 
Street." 

"4.  The  opening  of  Monroe  Street,  to  admit  of  the  con- 
struction of  a  new  bridge  across  the  river." 

*'5.  The  elevation  of  Canal  Street,  as  far  as  possible, 
commencing  at  12th  St.,"  at  least  as  far  north  as  Harrison 
Street. 

''6.  The  eventual  extension  of  Canal  Street  to  a  connec- 
tion with  the  North  Side,  crossing  the  river,"  reserving  the 
division  of  cost  for  future  consideration  of  the  Committee. 

"12.  The  desirability  of  the  establishment  of  a  continu- 
ing technical  board  or  commission,  preferably  of  three  men, 
to  take  up,  consider  and  investigate  and  to  have  jurisdiction 
over  matters  pertaining  to  railway  terminal  questions,  but  so 
constituted  that  its  powers  will  not  conflict  with  the  legislative 
powers  of  the  City  Council  or  of  the  State  Board  of  Public 
Utilities." 

*'13.  In  the  eventual  opening,  extending,  widening  and 
connecting  up  of  all  existing  streets  which  are  recommended 
to  be  opened,  widened,  extended  or  connected,  in  the  recom- 
mendation submitted  to  your  committee  by  the  officers  of  the 
Chicago  Plan  Commission,  under   date   of  November  28th, 


1913. 


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'*14.  In  the  principle  of  routing  through  suburban  trains, 
if  details  of  operation  can  be  practically  worked  out." 

"15.  That  the  Union  Station  Company  and  railroad  com- 
panies should  pay  or  in  some  manner  compensate  the  city  for 
all  property  vacated,  or  for  other  concessions  granted." 


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Under  date  of  December  4th,  1913,  Mr.  Arnold  submitted 
**  matters  additional  to  those  agreed  upon  in  Wallace- Arnold  com- 
munication," and  included  items  numbered  from  17  to  29,  inclusive. 
as  follows : 


No.  9.  Arnold 
Beport. 


No.  5.  Arnold 
Beport. 


"17.     Dock  Facilities  Along  River  Road. 

Provision  to  be  made  in  all  sections  of  the  river  road,  both 
on  the  ground  level  and  underneath  the  elevated  structures, 
for  suitable  dock  facilities  or  freight  connections  between  rail 
and  water,  except  where  it  is  unnecessary  to  occupy  the  space 
by  through  connecting  tracks." 

*  *  18.    Efficient  Development  of  Freight  Facilities. 

Agremeent  to  develop  existing  freight  properties  of  the 
railroads  to  the  fullest  extent  along  the  most  efficient  modern 
lines." 


**19.    Equalization  of  Levels. 

Provision  to  be  made  for  the  equalization,  so  far  as  practi- 
cable, of  the  levels  of  all  viaducts  across  railroad  property  that 
now  exists  or  may  be  herein  authorized,  with  those  of  the  river 
bridges  and  connecting  streets  or  viaducts ;  costs  and  benefits 
to  be  assigned  according  to  the  methods  prescribed  in  this 
ordinance." 


No.   2.   Arnold 
Beport. 


**20.    Depression  of  Tracks. 

Provision  to  be  made  for  the  depression  of  tracks  now  or 
hereafter  located  in  the  depressed  area  between  Canal  Street 
and  the  Chicago  River,  to  a  sufficient  extent  to  enable  reason- 
able equalization  of  the  viaduct  levels  to  be  carried  out  with 
reasonable  approach  grades." 


No.  16.  Arnold 
Beport. 


"21.    Future  Freight  Facilities. 

Provision  to  enable  the  railroad  companies  to  ultimately 
expand  freight  facilities,  if  necessary,  west  of  Canal  Street, 
stipulating  that  tracks  be  kept  underground  and  covered  and 
that  proper  buildings  be  erected. ' ' 


**22.    Sub-sidewalk  Space. 

Easement  to  be  provided  for  by  which  the  city  may  reserve  No.  7.  Arnold 

Boport. 
control  over  all  sub-sidewalk  and  sub-pavement  and  also  sub- 
surface space  under  railroad  property  not  specifically  vacated 
in  this  ordinance." 

23.  Chicago  Plan. 

"Agreement  that  no  structure  will  be  erected  without  con-  No.  is.  Arnold 
currence  with  the  City  authorities  and  the  aforesaid  Technical 
Commission  that  will  interfere  with  the  execution  of  the  Chi- 
cago Plan  in  so  far  as  definite  plans  have  at  the  time  been 
officially  adopted  by  the  Chicago  Plan  Commission. ' ' 

24.  Interchange  Coach  Yaeds. 

"Agreement  to  be  entered  for  facilitating  suburban  through  No.  ii.  Arnold 
routing  by  means  of  which  coach  yard  facilities  may  be  inter-        ^^° 
changed  on  a  reasonable  basis." 

25.  Cab  Stand  Space. 

"Provision  for  standing  room  for  idle  cabs  and  other  ve- 
hicles so  as  not  to  encroach  upon  street  space,  adjacent  to 
either  passenger  or  freight  terminals ;  this  to  be  provided  in 
addition  to  space  already  provided  for  loading  of  vehicles." 

26.  Bridge  Obstructions. 

"Provision  to  be  made  by  which  existing  or  future  obstruc-  No.  14.  Arnold 
tions  in  the  river  channel  or  on  abutting  property  will  be  re-        ^^^' 
moved  so  as  to  permit  the  construction  of  bridge  piers  and 
approaches  without  incurring  damages  to  the  city." 

27.  Regrouping  of  Roads. 

"Understanding  or  agreement  to  be  made  insuring  co-ope-  no.  12.  Arnold 
ration  with  other  roads  and  the  city  in  the  working  out  of  a     Report, 
general  plan  whereby  improved  and  simplified  regrouping  of 
railroad  entrances  into  the  city  will  be  secured  in  order  to 


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facilitate  the  consolidation  of  passenger  terminals  or  the  im- 
provement of  freight  areas." 

28.  Reservation  op  Air  Rights. 

*' Provision  for  reserving  to  the  city  the  air  rights  over  all 
streets  and  alleys  now  vacated  or  heretofore  vacated  by  the 
city,  or  for  which  easements  have  heretofore  been  granted  or 
are  in  this  ordinance  granted  by  the  city,  and  for  the  neces- 
sary ground  rights  for  the  placing  of  supporting  columns 
within  such  streets  or  alleys  or  upon  railroad  property." 

29.  Recession  by  Pennsylvania  Company. 

Pages  18  and  "Provision  to  be  made  in  the  Union  Station  Company  ordi- 

Beport  nance,    and   concurred   in   by   the   Pennsylvania   Company, 

whereby  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  agrees  that, 

when  the  capacity  of  the  new  passenger  station  to  be  built 

upon  the  Adams  Street  site  is  reached,  and  in  any  event  within 

years  (unless  some  method  of  through  routing  of 

the  main  line  trains  shall  have  been  adopted)  it  will  abandon 
the  use  of  this  station  for  its  main  line  through  passenger 
trains  and  recede  to  a  new  terminal  at  12th  Street,  or  some 
point  south  of  12th  Street  but  no  farther  south  than  its  prin- 
cipal competitors  shall  be  then  located  or  shall  have  agreed 
to  locate." 

Of  these  Mr.  Arnold  and  Mr.  Wallace  agreed  that  No.  19 
should  be  incorporated  in  the  proposed  Union  Station  Company 
ordinance. 


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CHICAGO  TERMINAL 

PASSENGER   TRAIN    STATISTICS 


Station 

Trains 

Passengebs 

Baggage 

Mail 

Express 

Num- 
ber 

Per 
Cent. 

of 
Total 

Num- 
ber 

Per 
Cent. 

of 
Total 

Num- 
ber 
Pieces 

Per 
Cent. 

of 
Total 

Num- 
ber 
Sacks 

Per 

Cent. 

of 
Total 

Weight, 
Tons 

Per 

Cent. 

of 
Total 

Northwestern 

310 

29.5 

49448 

32.6 

5876 

25.4 

10287 

9.7 

357 

14.7 

Union 

280 

26.6 

34062 

22.4 

7427 

32.2 

46287 

43.8 

829 

34.2 

La  Salle 

193 

18.4 

35256 

23.2 

2795 

12.1 

25624 

24.2 

370 

15.3 

Dearborn 

149 

14.2 

16884 

11.1 

3123 

13.5 

14550 

13.8 

374 

15.5 

Grand  Central 

34 

3.2 

3561 

2.3 

1272 

5.5 

1806 

1.7 

120 

5.0 

Central 

85 

8.1 

12729 

8.4 

2611 

11.3 

7177 

6.8 

370 

15.3 

Total 

1051 

100% 

151930 

100% 

23104 

100% 

105731 

100% 

2420 

100% 

111 

inois  Central  Si 

iburbai 

1  not  inc 

luded  in  above. 

I.  C.  Sub. 

293 

41217 

21 

465 

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Communication 


from 


MEMBERS  OF  CHICAGO  PI^AN  COMMITTEE 


of 


COMMERCIAL  CLUB. 

Chicago,  111., 

November  28,  1913. 
To  the  Committee  on  Railway  Terminals — 

City  Council,  Chicago: 
Deab  Sms: — 

In  June  last  Mr.  Edward  B.  Butler,  Chairman  of  the  Chicago 
Plan  Committee  of  the  Commercial  Club,  called  together  all  those 
who  had  ever  served  as  members  of  Chicago  Plan  Committee 
of  the  Commercial  Club.  Mr.  Butler  asked  them  to  consider  the 
plans  proposed  by  the  Union  Station  Company  as  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  Company  for  passenger  and  freight  develop- 
ment on  the  West  Side.  At  this  conference  a  sub-committee  was 
appointed  to  investigate  the  matter  and  to  report.  This  sub-com- 
mittee engaged  the  services  of  Mr.  L.  C.  Fritch,  who  made  a 
careful  study  of  the  proposed  freight  terminal,  and  submitted  his 
report.  Mr.  Fritch 's  report  shows  that  the  freight  terminal  may 
be  worked  out  by  depressing  the  railroad  tracks  from  16th  Street 
north.  Subsequently,  Mr.  Wallace  was  engaged  by  your  Commit- 
tee to  make  an  expert  report  and  later  the  services  of  Mr.  Arnold 
were  secured  by  a  Committee  of  citizens.  The  valuable  report  of 
these  expert  engineers  together  with  the  plans  submitted  by  the 


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executive  officers  of  the  Cliicago  Plan  Commission,  and  others, 
afford  you  material  from  which  a  solution  of  the  problem  can  be 
reached,  satisfactory  to  all  the  people  of  Chicago. 

We  congratulate  the  City  on  the  spirit  of  co-operation  which 
today  is  in  evidence  on  the  part  of  your  Committee,  the  various 
Civic  bodies,  and  the  Eailroads.  It  is  not  our  purpose  to  submit  a 
definite  plan,  but  we  respectfully  urge  that  in  all  of  your  delibera- 
tions, the  essential  features  of  the  plan  of  Chicago  be  ever  in  your 
mind.  To  the  end — that  nothing  shall  be  done  which  will  make  it 
impossible,  in  the  future,  to  carry  out  the  salient  points  of  the 
Plan  of  Chicago. 

Believing  that  the  report  upon  the  freight  terminal  as  made 
by  Mr.  Fritch  for  us,  will  be  of  value  to  you  we  take  pleasure  in 
sending  it  herewith  for  your  consideration.  We  also  beg  leave  to 
make  the  following  recommendations — 

First — That  if  your  honorable  Committee  decides  to  recom- 
mend that  the  Pennsylvania  Co.  be  allowed  to  establish  a  freight 
terminal  on  the  west  side  near  the  site  proposed  by  it,  that  no 
general  receiving  or  distributing  freight  terminals  be  allowed 
north  of  a  line  fifty  feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Harrison 
Street — to  end  that  nothing  shall  be  done  to  interfere  with  the 
future  widening  and  development  of  Harrison  Street  and  all  east 
and  west  streets  north  of  that  street. 

Second — ^That  all  Railroad  tracks  north  of  the  south  line  of 
Twelfth  Street  be  depressed  below  the  level  of  the  intersecting 
streets,  with  the  possible  exception  of  an  elevation  across  Polk 
Street,  as  suggested  by  the  report  of  Mr.  Wallace ;  provided,  that 
this  elevation,  in  the  opinion  of  your  committee,  is  deemed  neces- 
sary for  the  best  intensive  development  of  the  section  affected  by 
the  freight  terminal.  We  especially  ask  your  careful  considera- 
tion of  Mr.  Fritch 's  solution  of  this  particular  problem. 

Third — That  should  your  honorable  Committee  decide  to  rec- 
ommend that  the  Union  Station  Company  be  allowed  to  erect  its 
passenger  station  on  the  site  proposed,  that  you  consider  the  avail- 
ability, for  a  Post  Office  site,  of  the  west  half,  or  more,  of  the 
area  of  the  two  blocks  lying  between  the  Northwestern  and  the 
proposed  Union  Station,  and  bounded  by  Madison,  Canal,  Adams 


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and  Clinton  Streets.    The  balance  of  the  said  two  blocks  to  be 
devoted  to  a  public  square. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Emeeson  B.  Tuttle, 
Secretary  for  the  Committee. 


Composed  of  the  following  named 

Edgar  A.  Bancroft 
Clyde  M.  Caer 

T.  E.  DONNEMiY 

John  V.  Farwell 
Stanley  Field 
John  W.  Scott 
John  G.  Shedd 
A.  A.  Sprague 
Homer  A.  Sthj^well 
Emerson  B.  Tuttle 
A.  C.  Bartlett 
Walter  H.  Wilson 


gentlemen : 

Fred  W.  Upham 
Charles  H.  Hubbard 
Charles  L.  Strobel 

B.  E.  Sunny 

C.  It,  Hutchinson 
Edward  B.  Butler 
Edward  F.  Carry 
Joy  Morton 
Martin  A.  Ryerson 
William  L.  Brown 
T.  W.  Robinson 


Gaylord  Bros, 

Makers 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

PAT,  JAN.  21,1908 


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